A new Trust / Legal Entity can of worms, HB1229...

[NFATrustGuy]

No worries from me. I encourage the discussion.

Just to be clear--you do NOT have to add serial numbers to your mags to add them to a Trust. Trusts own non-serialized assets all the time. How many dining room tables have you seen with serial numbers?!?

The point I think some of us are trying to make regarding serial numbers is that if your mag doesn't have a serial number, how in the world will the government prove that THAT particular item is illegally held? It's like trying to regulate #2 pencils, but only pencils transferred after July 1.

I don't plan on adding serial numbers to any of my mags and can't think of a good reason why anyone would want to. And for the record... I probably own about a billion 30 round mags at this point... Just in case somebody checks the forum archives after July 1.

@XC700116:

I, too, am single with no children. I have relatives in the area, but it'd probably be weeks before anyone missed me! I've never heard of the 'authorities' searching the house of a recently deceased person unless it appears the death is due to something other than natural causes. I think your stuff would be pretty safe.

As to transferring your mags to out-of-state relatives, I don't know how the government would ever know about it. In the vast majority of estates, there is no need to file a list of the decedent's assets with any government representative. My guess is that your family would come to town, pack up your shtuff and drive it home in a U-Haul. In the note you prepare to your brother asking him to clear the browser cache on your computer, you might also want to include a warning about selling your mags at a garage sale now that Colorado has adopted California's attitude towards firearms and related accessories.

As for divvying up your stuff, you can use a Trust for this or a Will. If you don't have a Will, the state plan would be to give your stuff to wife, kids, grand kids, parents, siblings, etc. in that order. As soon as they find somebody alive in a particular level of the family tree, that's who gets your stuff.

Rod